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	Thornbury Castle
	A history of the Manor and Castle

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Meet the Castle Builder.

Who was executed?

A holders family tree

A history of the castle

Once a manor house

Other castles

How it might have looked

Paintings of the castle

An owner's timeline

A plan of the castle

A modern hotel

Sir Algar a local hero

The families:

Centuries:

Pevious holders			Next holders

Hugh Stafford	Edmund Stafford	Humphrey Stafford	Humphrey Stafford	Henry Stafford
1349	1386	1403	1460	1470
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Sir Humphrey STAFFORD

1402-1460

Titles:6th Earl of Stafford; 1st Duke of Buckingham; 1st Count of Perche, Normandy; 3rd Earl of Buckingham;

Posts held: Lieutenant-General of Normandy; Privy Counsellor; Ambassador to France; Constable of Dover Castle; Constable of Queenborough Castle;

The manor: Humphrey inherited the manor from his father and held it between 1403-60.

Honoured: Knight of the Order of the Garter.

Residence: Humphrey lived in Grafton, Worcestershire.

Battles: Humphrey fought in the 100 Years War, the War of the Roses and the Battle of Northampton.

His demise: HumphreydDied at the Battle of Northampton on Lancastrian side.

Father Edmund Stafford 5th Earl of Stafford.

Mother Anne Woodstock.

Further information: Read more about Humphrey on the Internet.

Anne NEVILLE

1405-1480

Family: 6 sons 4 daughters.

Father Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland.

Mother Joan Beaufort.

Sons Humphrey; Henry; Edward; George; William; John.

Daughters Catherine; Joan; Anne; Margaret.

Ruling monarchs

Henry IV

Henry V

Henry VI

A timeline of the holders of the manor and castle from Saxon times to the modern day.


Alfred the Great	Edward the Elder	Altelstan	Aelfwaerd	Aylward	Aelfgar	Brictric	Mathilda	William I	William II	Robert FitzHamon	Mabel FitzHamon	William FitzRobert	Aumarie de Montfort	Amice FitzRobert	Isobel FitzRobert	Gilbert de Clare	Richard de Clare	Gilbert de Clare	Margaret de Clare	Margaret Audley	Hugh de Stafford	Edmund Stafford	Humphrey Stafford	Humphrey Stafford
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Henry Stafford	Edward Stafford	Henry VII	Edward VI	Mary I	Henry Stafford	Ursula Pole	Henry Stafford	Edward Stafford	Edward Stafford	Henry Stafford	Mary Stafford	William Howard	Henry Stafford Howard	William Stafford Howard	Thomas Howard	Philip Howard	Edward Howard	Henry Molyneux-Howard	Henry Howard	Edward Howard	Algar Howard	Kenneth Bell	Maurice Taylor	Hotel groups
1470	1483	1521	1547	1553	1554	1554	1563	1566	1603	1625	1637	1637	1693	1719	1727	1732	1750	1777	1824	1875	1916	1966	1988	?